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HDR's taken in Zefat and Rosh Pina, Israel

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They are very nice, some of them though the greens go too far which happens when the shadows get lifted too much sometimes.

I think that HDR's are best when the resulting image still looks real but you feel an enhanced atmosphere when looking at them, almost as if it was painted. Thats my two artistic cents on it from a non artist.. lol

Thanks for sharing!
Mark
 
Thanks Mark, I agree. I will reduce saturation.

Nathan
EverStaR said:
They are very nice, some of them though the greens go too far which
happens when the shadows get lifted too much sometimes.

I think that HDR's are best when the resulting image still looks real
but you feel an enhanced atmosphere when looking at them, almost as
if it was painted. Thats my two artistic cents on it from a non
artist.. lol

Thanks for sharing!
Mark
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some are very nice
otherwise a bit overprocessed for me
good exposure and sharpness though
 
Well, one thing I am learning (slowly, I must admit) that no one really is interested at photography. I do not get a remark like "Nice picture, lovely place, nice or lousy composition" but only highlights, and blowout and saturation. I agree that those are not the best HDR's ever made, but still...

My fault I guess. Yes I know, this is a gear forum. Whatever. I will stop posting pictures here.

Nathan
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Great compositions, my favourite is N04, love that shot.

Many of the colours are a bit strong, you can easily rectify that if you should want to, it's your choice at the end of the day, I still like the photos.

Thanks god we don't all produce exactly the same images, how boring would that be!

regards
tony

http://www.pbase.com/wildoat
 
Don't get disheartened by the comments. People have different ideas about photography and what it represents. You are right that this is primarily a gear forum and you will not get constructive comments on here (well some...)

Why don't you post in the forums at http://www.dgrin.com ? They have some really nice people who will appreciate your art.

Cheers,
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Nikhil
http://shniks.smugmug.com
 
I didn't mean to come off as a jerk and it's clear how you saw it as that. I apologize.

The reason I said that is because for me a photograph must be technically sound before I can consider it good. We all look and hope for different things in our photography.
 
In my opinion a HDR image must be different only from ordinary one because you can see more detail in the highlights and shadows.

Unfortunately most of the "HDR" photos are way too much over processed, and unnatural.

If the original intention of the photographer was to create a fantasy image is OK for me.

But the photos here are oversaturated, unreal colours (check the bark on the trees!) and yes, some highlights are blown and in the light posts (the black ones) could be some more detail.

Please don't take it personally, it is far from me and I guess from other poster to put you down. I did some HDR photos, and except two the rest was failure. I did not post those anywhere, for the same reason I'm expressing my opinion about yours.

We have to learn, is not easy. And we have to be critic. In special with our photos.

I guess the biggest issue here to name a photo HDR and is only some extra PP and nothing else.

BTW : very interesting places, real charming location. And also a credit for you for the framing/cropping the photos.
Would be interesting to see the originals.
Joe
http://joecan.smugmug.com/
If you are always telling the truth, you don't have to remember what you said.
 
Nathan

I think what you were given was constructive criticism. Sure didn't sound like any one was bashing your photos.
I think you have a good eye and I like your compositions.

How ever as other have mentioned I think the colors are enhanced a little to much.

I could say that about a lot of photos today. I tend to want things to look like my eyes saw them, I do think some color enhancement is fine, and certainly the sky is one area where a little enhancement can help a lot. But the majority of the people get carried away with it.
It is all personal opinion and what look you want.
Dennis
 
nathany said:
Well, one thing I am learning (slowly, I must admit) that no one
really is interested at photography. I do not get a remark like "Nice
picture, lovely place, nice or lousy composition" but only
highlights, and blowout and saturation. I agree that those are not
the best HDR's ever made, but still...
My fault I guess. Yes I know, this is a gear forum. Whatever. I will
stop posting pictures here.

Nathan
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Hey bud, please don't stop posting pictures! Learn from it, I was going to comment but did not for fear of making someone feel bad. However, if you don't point out errors you are not doing that person a favor.

I feel the pictures have good composition but your killing them with too much saturation and the pictures are too bright. Try to make the shadows darker that will help, the pictures are too light IMHO.

So take it with a grain of salt and thanks for posting.

Kind Regards,
JohnnyK

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To be honest, I do not comment on many peoples work here, only those that I like and see something and I saw you were trying something new and simply wanted to help.

Here are a few of my meager examples of an HDR photos, I think these are the very few I have even done, I have maybe 5 or 6 in total. lol BTW, I do mine a lot differently than most, although the lake picture here is a traditional.









See, I have problems in some of them as well.. you can learn a lot here if you tune in and just work hard to sort through the feedback.. It is easy to feel beat up though at times. Shrug it off, extract what you think is worthwhile and move on, that's what public forums are great for.

Best of luck and best wishes!
E
 
Thanks Nik,

Nice comment and good place the one you sent me to. I appreciate that.

Nathan
nikonboi said:
Don't get disheartened by the comments. People have different ideas
about photography and what it represents. You are right that this is
primarily a gear forum and you will not get constructive comments on
here (well some...)

Why don't you post in the forums at http://www.dgrin.com ? They have
some really nice people who will appreciate your art.

Cheers,
-------
Nikhil
http://shniks.smugmug.com
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Thanks MJohn

Sorry for being a bit too sensitive, I appreciate your remark and explanation. Thanks again.

Nathan
MJohnB said:
I didn't mean to come off as a jerk and it's clear how you saw it as
that. I apologize.

The reason I said that is because for me a photograph must be
technically sound before I can consider it good. We all look and hope
for different things in our photography.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/10944839@N02/
 
Thank you Joe, I do agree with you. And I also agreed with the oversaturation issue. And we do need to learn, no doubt. I was refering to the fact that people tend not to relate to the picture itself.

Nathan

Nathan
joecan said:
In my opinion a HDR image must be different only from ordinary one
because you can see more detail in the highlights and shadows.
Unfortunately most of the "HDR" photos are way too much over
processed, and unnatural.
If the original intention of the photographer was to create a fantasy
image is OK for me.
But the photos here are oversaturated, unreal colours (check the bark
on the trees!) and yes, some highlights are blown and in the light
posts (the black ones) could be some more detail.
Please don't take it personally, it is far from me and I guess from
other poster to put you down. I did some HDR photos, and except two
the rest was failure. I did not post those anywhere, for the same
reason I'm expressing my opinion about yours.
We have to learn, is not easy. And we have to be critic. In special
with our photos.
I guess the biggest issue here to name a photo HDR and is only some
extra PP and nothing else.
BTW : very interesting places, real charming location. And also a
credit for you for the framing/cropping the photos.
Would be interesting to see the originals.
Joe
http://joecan.smugmug.com/
If you are always telling the truth, you don't have to remember what
you said.
Click to expand...
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/10944839@N02/
 
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